Irrigation Ashutosh Dikshit IIM Shillong

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IRRIGATION for INDIA- A Sustainable Approach

-Ashutosh Dikshit

-IIM SHILLONG

Ignite Round of Ashwamedha 09


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Food for thought..

With the current rate of consumption of

resources, we will need the capacity of 16 earths

to sustain mankind by 2108


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Living on the Edge

Of Indias annual environmental damage of $9.7 billion, $7 billion wasdue to air and water pollution

Rampant industrial water pollution due to nearly 3 million small and

medium-size enterprises in the country

Untreated and under-treated effluent cause severe ecologicaldegradation and water contamination


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Back to the roots to give us the shoots

-Traditional methods

Irrigation not at the cost of endangering the environment

Adapting and Adopting wisdom over the ages

Improvisation for making them highly replicable

Making the initiative sustainable


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Exploring the North East for

the answer..

Use of bamboo pipes to irrigate plantations acrossMeghalaya

Tapping the resource at the source

In practice for over 200 years

Naturally perfected: 20 liters per minute entering at source

20 drops per minute at site of the plant


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Harnessing Nature

The principle of gravity governsBamboo pipe distribution

Pipe positions of various sectionsguide rate of flow

Around 5 stages of distribution

Collective maintenance from thecommunity


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Improvisations suggested

Avoiding total run off into the water table

Water Harvesting as a substitute feeder to bamboopipes

Use of Bio degradable polymer sheets to create waterbodies in open areas

Creation of similar water harvesting reserves in

individual farms as reserves The above mechanism can be replicated in other

terrains as well

Simple mechanics (for artificial elevation) can combinewith bamboo distribution


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Sustainability of and for theinitiative

Raw Material used is natural and eco friendly

Apportioning of labor and resources from the NREGAscheme for pan India implementation

Encouraging corporate houses to take up CSRinitiatives associated with Irrigation

Govt. should Incentivize indigenous innovations

Implementing the initiatives via the Darbars (in theNorth East) and Panchayats (Rest of India)

Demonstrate the returns a la the model in themovie Swades to obtain stakeholders buy-in


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Participatory Approach

SustainableIrrigation

Corporate CSR

Government

Darbars/

Panchayat

Foundation of Radical and Incremental Innovation

Emp

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ROI Calculation Ballpark figures

Lack of irrigation facilities forces farmers/familymembers to travel long distances to collect water

Cost of Bamboo effectively negligible

Time spent in travel could otherwise beproductively utilized


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Way Forward

Localized innovation to be made replicable

Traditional methods will continue to be of highrelevance

Higher rates of adoption should be encouraged and

propagated by stakeholders

The Green Revolution replication of the past should betaken into the future


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Thank You

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